Thy tresses of gold are as neatly bedight,

As though they were wrought by enchantment's kind might;

Thou openest thy lips in a smile or a sigh,

And thy pearly teeth gleam like the stars in the sky.

Ah, shall I praise the bright charm of thine eyes,

That move every heart, that win all by surprise?

For peerless thy charms, and unequalled thy birth;

Thou art of heaven, all others of earth.

Paradise and Hell.

At times in my spirit I fitfully ponder,